Remember Star and NOW comics?

[cap5]

Spider-ham Planet Tarry Ghostbusters
im sure most of you on this board have Star comics and NOW comics
What were your favorits

[GreatLakesAvengers]

Just to clarify:

Star was a Marvel imprint and published things like Air Raiders, Alf, Animax, Bullwinkle and Rocky, Care Bears, Chuck Norris, Defenders of the Earth, Droids, Ewoks, Flintstone Kids, Foofur, Fraggle Rock, Get Along Gang, Heathcliff, Hugga Bunch, Inhumanoids, Madballs, Masters of the Universe, Misty, Muppet Babies, Planet Terry, Popples, Royal Roy, Silver Hawks, Spider-Ham, Strawberry Shortcake, Top Dog, and Wally the Wizard.


NOW is its own publisher that has published lots of licensed comics like 3 Ninjas, Freejack, Fright Night, Ghostbusters, Green Hornet, Kato, Married with Children, Mr T, Slimer, Speed Racer, Twilight Zone and a whole lot more.

[rwe1138]

Alf was the first comic I collected.

[GreatLakesAvengers]

Ha! I remember they had an X-Men parody in one of the Alf comics. That stuck out in my 10-or-so year old mind.

[BeastieRunner]

Dude guys, Star ran THUNDERCATS!! HOOOOOOOOOO!!!

How could you forget that?

[idwfan]

If memory serves, NOW was famous for two things near the end of its lifetime. It is famous for Alex Ross getting his start on Terminator. And famous for going bust leaving artists and writers not paid. Actually Ross famously himself put NOW SUCKS slogans with the writing reversed on some covers for NOW.

[DannyV_El_Acme]

You guys forgot NOW's most AWESOME character:
http://haymanquarterly.com/images/rarin_ralph.jpg
RALPH SNART!

[DannyV_El_Acme]

If memory serves, NOW was famous for two things near the end of its lifetime. It is famous for Alex Ross getting his start on Terminator. And famous for going bust leaving artists and writers not paid. Actually Ross famously himself put NOW SUCKS slogans with the writing reversed on some covers for NOW.

HOLY S**T! That was Alex Ross?! I remember the painted art in those comics was awesome, but I never knew it was him! Wow!

NOW comics brings back great memories. The licensed comics included some of my absolute favorite franchises, like Ghostbusters and Fright Night. In fact, for a time I bought more NOW comics than Marvel or DC. There were some seriously talented people in that company, too bad it went under. I'd think a revival of the company would actually go pretty well, considering the wave of nostalgia that's hit the comic book industry lately.

[BeastieRunner]

I'd think a revival of the company would actually go pretty well, considering the wave of nostalgia that's hit the comic book industry lately.

Till they don't get paid.

[Patrick Zircher]

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[Gaastra]

Don't forgot now comics movie "what now caper".

Here's some info on now comics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOW_Comics

plus the what now caper

http://www.nowcomics.com/now/whatnow.html

star comics info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Comics

Now also did a bunch of 3-d comics to.

[Kid Kyoto]

Did NOW also do the Lost in Space comic with all the cheesecake art?

[marshal99]

I thought NOW was the one who did the nightmare on elm street comics ?

[GreatLakesAvengers]

Lost in Space and Nightmare on Elm Street, along with Child's Play, Hitchcock's Psycho, Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat and Quantum Leap were all published by Innovation.

[rwe1138]

Ha! I remember they had an X-Men parody in one of the Alf comics. That stuck out in my 10-or-so year old mind.

Yeah, the Uncanned X-Melmen! Psycois-Major, who shot force beams out of his nose, and constantly whined about the death of his lover, Dark Kleenex. Molassus, who could turn his body into the stickiest of substances. Brouge, the super-strong Irish-woman. Haggen-Dazzler, who could create ice cream out of thin air. And the Canadian Wolverine, a really big hockey fan. And of course, their mortal enemy, the dreaded Magmeato, with the power to control any meat.


I honestly don't know how I remember all that. :o

[The Confessor]

Has anyone ever read the Ewoks comics that STAR put out? I've always been mildly curious about them, just from a completists point of view really. I have the entire run of Marvel's regular Star Wars comic and I've toyed with the idea of trying to pick these issues up.

I assume that they were based on the Ewoks kid's cartoon? Are they written in a similarly childish style?

And how about the Droids comics...weren't they put out by STAR too?

[GreatLakesAvengers]

Yeah, the Uncanned X-Melmen! Psycois-Major, who shot force beams out of his nose, and constantly whined about the death of his lover, Dark Kleenex. Molassus, who could turn his body into the stickiest of substances. Brouge, the super-strong Irish-woman. Haggen-Dazzler, who could create ice cream out of thin air. And the Canadian Wolverine, a really big hockey fan. And of course, their mortal enemy, the dreaded Magmeato, with the power to control any meat.


I honestly don't know how I remember all that. :o


That was all from memory? Impressive!

[GreatLakesAvengers]

Has anyone ever read the Ewoks comics that STAR put out? I've always been mildly curious about them, just from a completists point of view really. I have the entire run of Marvel's regular Star Wars comic and I've toyed with the idea of trying to pick these issues up.

I assume that they were based on the Ewoks kid's cartoon? Are they written in a similarly childish style?

And how about the Droids comics...weren't they put out by STAR too?

Yep, Star published both Ewoks and Droids. I'm waiting to complete both runs before I read them.

I seem to remember that John Romita Jr provided the art in Droids #2 .... not sure about the rest of them.

I would assume they're written in the kid's style .... definitely won't read like Marvel's Star Wars series.

[Michael P]

Yeah, the Uncanned X-Melmen! Psycois-Major, who shot force beams out of his nose, and constantly whined about the death of his lover, Dark Kleenex. Molassus, who could turn his body into the stickiest of substances. Brouge, the super-strong Irish-woman. Haggen-Dazzler, who could create ice cream out of thin air. And the Canadian Wolverine, a really big hockey fan. And of course, their mortal enemy, the dreaded Magmeato, with the power to control any meat.


I honestly don't know how I remember all that. :o

Well, if it makes you feel any better, it was Michigan Wolverine, with the power to bore anyone into submission with his recaps of college football games.

Also, Brogue. Basically same character, but with a horrible Irish accent instead of a Southern one.

[rwe1138]

That was all from memory? Impressive!

Thanx. I think. ;)

[rwe1138]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, it was Michigan Wolverine, with the power to bore anyone into submission with his recaps of college football games.

Also, Brogue. Basically same character, but with a horrible Irish accent instead of a Southern one.
:eek: You're right! Curse my faulty memory! I remember his "costume" was just a football outfit. Good times.

[Antmusic]

Has anyone ever read the Ewoks comics that STAR put out? I've always been mildly curious about them, just from a completists point of view really. I have the entire run of Marvel's regular Star Wars comic and I've toyed with the idea of trying to pick these issues up.

I assume that they were based on the Ewoks kid's cartoon? Are they written in a similarly childish style?

And how about the Droids comics...weren't they put out by STAR too?

They are for kids and they are based on the two TV series. The Droids series did a three issue re-telling of Star Wars Episode IV from the droids point of view that was a lot of fun (lots of extra scenes that weren't in the movie... I would almost say those three issues are a "must read" for people who have a sense of humor and like Star Wars a lot). Droids only lasted about 8 issues. Ewoks lasted 14 issues.
Both series have a semi-Harvey Comics (Richie Rich, Casper) feel and humor style to them. Plus Warren Kremer did a lot of writing and art for Star Comics at the time.
Cover Gallery for Droids: http://www.timelineuniverse.net/CoverGalleries/CovergalleryDroids.htm
Cover Gallery for Ewoks: http://www.timelineuniverse.net/CoverGalleries/CovergalleryEwoks.htm

Again, they are fun quick reads. I enjoyed them when I was 11.

Other Star Comics I enjoyed were Wally the Wizard, Planet Terry (which never ended, and promised to be continued in the back of Wally the Wizard, but then Wally was cancelled too), Top Dog (which continued in the back of Heathcliff for awhile after ending with issue 14), and Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham (which continued as back up stories in Marvel Tales, and even had his own "Ultimate Civil War" special)!

[The Confessor]

The Droids series did a three issue re-telling of Star Wars Episode IV from the droids point of view that was a lot of fun (lots of extra scenes that weren't in the movie... I would almost say those three issues are a "must read" for people who have a sense of humor and like Star Wars a lot).


Really?! A re-telling of Episode IV from the Droid's perspective? Now that sounds like it could be well worth reading. Thanks very much for the info.

By the way, nice 'handle' you've got there Antmusic. A fan of Adam And The Ants perchance? ;)

Oh, and welcome to the boards!

[Yodazone]

Has anyone ever read the Ewoks comics that STAR put out? I've always been mildly curious about them, just from a completists point of view really. I have the entire run of Marvel's regular Star Wars comic and I've toyed with the idea of trying to pick these issues up.

I assume that they were based on the Ewoks kid's cartoon? Are they written in a similarly childish style?

And how about the Droids comics...weren't they put out by STAR too?

The Droids/Ewoks comics from "Star" Ruled! Definite must have for any Star Wars completists. They are the only Star Wars comics that have not been collected in a Trade and are real rare. The 3-part "Star Wars" re-telling was a cool story in the "Droids" run. There was also a 2-issue crossover with the Ewoks title that occurs before "Return of the Jedi" in the SW timeline. The U.K. only "Ewoks Annual" was another rare comic was never printed in the U.S..

Those titles were in the same tone as the animated series from the '80s. Not as dark & serious as the new books but still pretty fun reads.

Droids was alot cooler though.

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